While exposing herself to the nation in her own jungle-based striptease on I’m A Celebrity… the plucky Barbie doll has somehow managed to keep these sizzling snaps under wraps.

But we cast our GOSS tentacles far and wide until they eventually fumbled their way around these – Nic’s first-ever photoshoot.

And it’s no wonder the 26-year-old has taken to jungle life like a monkey in a banana factory – as the picture of her in Army gear prove she’s been trained to cope with life in the bush.

Even though the chestically-enhanced spacehopper cast a different shadow back then, the brunette certainly looked like a little parcel of yum before the jungle came a-calling.

She posed for the photos before being discovered by the talented peepers of the Daily Star, which recognised her glamour-puss qualities all those years ago.

Our source, in a vine-covered hammock, said: “Nicola has changed her image loads since she first started modelling and she was really keen to keep all the old images under wraps. Obviously, she’s spent a fortune on her looks.

“And now she looks exactly as she wants, she doesn’t want people to be ogling all her old pictures.

“She looked great back then but she’s even more attractive now.”

But Nic also showed there’s more to her than a flat tummy and a come-to-bed smile.

Nicola learnt her way round an Army machine gun, which makes nips from scorpions seem like child’s play for her.

But has she had enough SAS training to be able to fend off unwelcome advances from fellow jungle campers?